“This is a very important documentary, but not easy to watch — it is grittier and tougher than any tough guy movie. See it if you are strong enough. Most Americans still think that if you have disabilities like this, you have the help you need. Most Americans are wrong.”
Sue Swenson, executive director,
The ARC of the United States, 2006

“The film is constructed to make the viewer want to stand up the minute it’s over and march off to Tallahassee to demand redress. In that sense, the doc’s brevity is in its favor. It scores its hits and gets out, leaving no room for the delusion that having watched it was involvement enough.”
Steve Schneider, film critic,
Orlando Weekly March 23, 2006

“24/7 follows two families at different stages of caregiving for their disabled children. The Holl’s are exhausted middle-aged parents caring for their teenaged disabled daughter while trying to raise her younger sister in as “normal” an environment as possible. The Kessler’s have had to fight for the right to care for their 45 year-old autistic son since he was a young man. Both families are emotionally, physically, and most importantly financially drained. This documentary follows their lives as they negotiate the bureaucracy that is social services and social security disability in order to raise their children in a compassionate and respectful home life. ” Read More of this review/recommendationRecommended by Educational Media Reviews Online, October 2006

Sampling of hospitals, colleges and advocates for people with disabilities that screen 24/7 to illuminate the rigors of caregiving:

The ARC – national, nonprofit advocate for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities